Area measurement values too large

[bfraser]

Area measurement values too large by a couple of orders of magnitude (an area of about 1 square mile is reported as 1546.85 somethings)

[theduckylittle]

I think I fixed the goofy measurments. refs: [618]

[theduckylittle]

Here's my test:

1. I zoomed to a relatively square parcel, PIN = 130250001050 and measured it. Total sq meters: 659637. I did a *very* rough measurement.
2. I used ogrinfo to look up the parcel:

   ogrinfo -sql "select * from parcels where PIN = '130250001050'" parcels.shp
   

3. I used the WKT from OGR to import it into python and measure the area:

   python
   from osgeo import ogr
   g = ogr.CreateGeometryFromWkt('POLYGON ((485913.017479933565482 4934701.067506796680391,486013.56988882512087 4934700.510960625484586,486193.935001186735462 4934699.512649787589908,486315.824376355740242 4934698.837991303764284,486718.631217579299118 4934696.60840945225209,486718.695145161706023 4934686.55355294700712,486723.768515298201237 4933888.604368083178997,485918.672129619633779 4933895.632465255446732,485913.088064994546585 4934691.013341022655368,485913.017479933565482 4934701.067506796680391))');
   g.GetArea()
   

   g.GetArea() returned 649664.68. That's close enough for me with the precision level I was at.

I then tested converting that value to square miles, acres, and square yards. Both in the application and in Google Calculator. They all came out correct.